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Student Ventures Can Win Startup Funding at 2017 Panasci Business Plan Competition
The Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship and the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE) in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management have announced a call for submissions for the 2017 Panasci Business Plan Competition. The competition accepts business plan…
University Redesigns Web Presence for Improved User Experience
Syracuse University unveiled today its redesigned and rearchitected website, www.Syracuse.edu, optimized to enhance user experience and highlight the University’s strengths. Informed by audience research, the new website includes easy-to-navigate pages, mobile-friendly views and a more powerful search function, along with…
Vanable Named Associate Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of Graduate School
Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly has named Peter Vanable to a new position as associate provost for graduate studies and as dean of the Graduate School, effective January 1, 2017. The Board of Trustees Executive Committee will be asked…
University College Staff Elected to Leadership Roles
Two staff members from University College have been elected to leadership roles in the University and Professional Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) for the Mid-Atlantic Region. Karen Bull, interim associate dean of Academic Affairs and Online Programs, was elected as the…
A&S Researchers Explore Link between Tropical Glaciers, Water Supply
Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences are closer to understanding how the loss of glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca of Peru is affecting water resources in a region responding to global climate change. Laura Lautz G’05, associate professor…
IDD&E offers new program in designing digital instruction
In response to the growing demand for instructional designers—from both on campus and off—the School of Education’s Department of Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation (IDD&E) has created an online certificate of advanced studies in Designing Digital Instruction. “This CAS will…
Orange SUccess Web-Based Advising Tool Draws Positive Response
Syracuse University’s web-based online advising tool, Orange SUccess—an initiative that advances a key priority of the Academic Strategic Plan—has made positive strides in better connecting students, faculty and advisors since its campuswide launch this fall, according to data from the…
University Expands Faculty and Staff Assistance Program to European Centers
Building on existing services offered to employees in the United States through Carebridge, Syracuse University has announced the expansion of its employee assistance program to four of its European Centers through a partnership with Chestnut Global Partners. European employees in…
Hurst-Wahl Named to OCPL Board of Trustees
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor of Practice and Director of the Library Science program Jill Hurst-Wahl has been named to the board of trustees for the Onondaga County Public Library (OCPL). The OCPL’s board sets and oversees library policies, including…
Rock and a Hard Place
When Brian Patterson heard the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) was being delayed and possibly rerouted, he let out a whoop of joy. For him and thousands of others, particularly those at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in the snow-covered Dakotas,…